# NOVA Chemicals expands polyethylene facility in St. Clair Township

NOVA Chemicals is progressing on its $2.2 billion polyethylene facility in St. Clair Township, Ontario, with construction tied to an expansion of the Corunna cracker by about 50%. The new facility will increase NOVA's polyethylene production capacity by approximately 950 million pounds annually and create 150 full-time jobs.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2018-12-27
- Where: St. Clair Township, Ontario, Canada
- Value: $2.20B
- Jobs: 150
- Starts operating: 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 950 million pounds per year of polyethylene
- Products: polyethylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [NOVA Chemicals](https://endata.com/companies/2940.md)

## Sources

- [sarnianewstoday.ca](https://sarnianewstoday.ca/sarnia/news/2018/12/27/expansion-project-ramps-nova-corunna), 2018-12-27: "NOVA Chemicals says work on its $2.2 billion polyethylene facility in St. Clair Township is progressing well."
- [thesarniajournal.ca](https://www.thesarniajournal.ca/news/new-nova-plant-to-rise-from-the-ground-this-year-7968888), 2019-01-01: "After a year of laying the groundwork, the $2.2-billion expansion of Nova Chemicals will begin to take shape this spring, the company says."
- [thesarniajournal.ca](https://www.thesarniajournal.ca/top-story/new-nova-plant-to-rise-from-the-ground-this-year-7968888), 2019-01-01: "After a year of laying the groundwork, the $2.2-billion expansion of Nova Chemicals will begin to take shape this spring, the company says."

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